Mercer Deputy CIO retires

Mercer has announced the retirement of deputy chief investment officer, delegated solutions Pacific, Philip Graham.

Graham, who has 20 years' investment industry experience, joined Mercer in 2007.

In acknowledging his service to the firm, Mercer Pacific's chief investment officer, Kylie Willment, said that he had "made an incredible contribution to the success of the Mercer Funds."

She added: "Phil is highly respected by colleagues and peers and will be greatly missed. We are extremely proud of all that he has achieved in his time at Mercer and wish him well."

Mercer has also announced that, following Graham's retirement, Campbell McCulloch has been appointed to the newly-created senior leadership role of head of fund implementation, delegated Solutions Pacific. Mercer will also be looking to add two further senior roles to the portfolio management team: head of investment strategy and head of portfolio management.